Not so long ago, television took up even a small corner of our living room and the number of channels was limited to one. I didn’t actually live that period, but I witnessed it. How have televisions evolved over the last 30 years?With increasingly intelligent functions, larger sizes and technologies that improve the quality of your panel.

Smart TVs are taking on an increasingly important role in the decoration of our homes. This is not surprising, considering that their sizes are constantly growing (or rather that’s what TCL says with the 115-inch size of this gigantic X955 MAX), every time We should pay more attention to the layout of our living room the surroundings of the television, the decoration of the room and many other factors that involve these devices.

Integrate your home decoration without compromising TV space

In the past, the decoration of our living room primarily consisted of paintings and furniture, as well as other elements that made our home feel intoxicated. However, for many years, TVs have conquered the living room to the point where they ate all that decoration.

Fortunately, there is a market that is gaining more and more interest and that is Televisions that aim to simulate a painting to adapt it to the decoration of our living room. Normally these televisions are known as ‘lifestyle TVs’ and companies such as Samsung, TCL and Hisense have dared in recent years to offer models that leave behind the most advanced and innovative technology for a design that clashes less with the decoration of the house and our room.

Image: Samsung

Samsung has been a pioneer in this regard with its The Frame series of televisions, which have been updated over the years. If you haven’t been lucky enough to come across one of these, I would recommend it to you, at least in a store that sells televisions, because It gives the impression of looking like a painting.

Usually to simulate this view, Prefer anti-glare panel and matte touch. It is an option that has also caused controversy in the world, because it is beneficial to choose an anti-reflective panel since the light falling on the panel will not bother us much, but it sacrifices brightness and contrast. Although everything depends on the light entering your living room and your taste in the technology in question, there are differences of opinion.

In addition to this anti-reflective panel, The design of the television is also a matter of great importance.Typically manufacturers tend to simulate the look of a table with significantly thick frames, as opposed to the current trend of thinner and thinner panels with narrower margins. Some manufacturers also allow you to change the frame of the panels in case you get bored with the color and want to change the decoration.

We cannot miss a brief mention of the software of these televisions, since much more importance is given to the applications and tools offered. static high resolution images and wallpapers when the TV is in standby. All of these manufacturers offer a service to set artworks as wallpaper in very high resolution. Samsung, for example, has an art store where you can buy and place paintings specifically optimized for display on The Frame televisions.

Image: Samsung

Logically, you can download an image of any artwork online in good quality, or place your own image so that it can always be seen when the television is not in use.

Although the television consumes energy in standby mode, we actually leave the wallpapers on. Much lower brightness than when we watch content on TVThis reduction in brightness, combined with the matte panel and the very high resolution of the image you’re putting on these TVs, makes it quite uncomfortable, even if you get very close. To be honest, I didn’t expect this experience to be simulated this well.

In addition to The Frame, TCL also announced the new NXTFRAME A300 Pro during IFA, which follows the same trend as these lifestyle TVs. Hisense also launched a similar TV, the CanvasTV. Samsung and TCL are Models up to 85 inchesHisense is focusing on 55 and 65 inches for now.

These televisions too they compromise on the performance of their panels. Here, design is given priority, so these panels generally integrate LCD-LED technology, unsurprising brightness levels and panel technologies more typical of mid-range televisions in general. Unfortunately for our pocket, despite a performance comparable to mid-range televisions, the particular design of these televisions makes their price more expensive.

Cover image | Hisense

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